After winning the ODI series against South Africa 2-1, the Indian women will now compete against the hosts in a series of Twenty20 matches. The five-match series begins today with the two sides taking on each other at Potchefstroom.

The Indian T20 captain is Harmanpreet Kaur and fans will expect her to lead the side with one of her trademark strong knocks. The vice captain for the T20 matches is another powerful batswoman, Smriti Mandhana.

India would also be bolstered by the inclusion of T20 specialist Anuja Patil and debutant all-rounder Radha Yadav and wicketkeeper Nuzhat Parveen in the squad.

The T20 squad also features 17-year-old Mumbai player Jemimah Rodrigues, who had grabbed headlines after scoring 202 in 163 balls in an Under-19 game. Whether she will be a part of today's Playing XI is yet to be announced.

The side will be missing India's veteran medium pacer Jhulan Goswami as a heel injury has ruled her out of the entire T20I series. After an MRI scan on Monday, the BCCI Medical Team in consultation with a local doctor felt that she needs rest for a couple of weeks to avoid any further impact on the bone, according to a press release. Her absence in the third ODI cost India, who lost the match by seven wickets. How costly will it prove in the T20I series remains to be seen.

The match is important for the Indian side as it is their first T20I in more than a year. And the World T20 is just seven months away. This match and the series will test whether India is anywhere close to being ready for the World T20 championship.

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Mithali Raj: It was unfortunate that we lost two wickets, but it was important to develop a partnership at that time and that's what I did with Jemmy (Jemimah Rodrigues). She played very well in her first match for India.

Player of the Match trophy goes to opening batswoman Mithali Raj, for anchoring the innings and remaining unbeaten

Harmanpreet Kaur: Full-credit to our top-order batters. We had decided that we will go with a positive mindset, whatever their score may be.

Dane van Niekerk: Tryon's knock was very good. India played very well. We thought 140-160 runs was on par. They put us under pressure right from the start and we couldn't come out of it.

7:13 pm: India Women emerge victoriousTryon comes in for the 19th over. Raj and Krishnamurthy both score a single, so India needs 3 runs to reach the target of 165. Then Krishnamurthy hits a six off the fifth ball, taking the team to a total of 168/3 in 18.5 overs.

India Women beat South Africa Women by 7 wickets

7:10 pm: India Women 160/3, need 5 runs from 12 ballsIsmail comes in for the 18th over. Raj smashes her for a boundary off the first and second balls, thus making it to her half-century in style!

7:05 pm: India Women 148/3 after 17 overs, need 17 runs off 18 ballsKapp, who gave away 20 runs in the first over, now returns to bowl the 17th over. The first one is a dot ball, but Krishnamurthy hits Kapp for a six off the second ball. Two runs from a wide and a boundary by Krishnamurthy off the last ball makes India richer by 13 runs.

7:02 pm: India 135/3 after 16 overs, need 30 runs from 24 ballsWith India ending the 15th over with a run rate of 8.86 (and the required one being 6.40), van Niekerk again brings in Daniels to slow down India's run rate. There are a couple of scares for Indian fans as SA try an lbw and a run out, but Indian batswomen are safe both times. This is Daniels' last over, and though she doesn't take any wickets, she restricts India to just two runs.

6:58 pm: India Women 133/3 after 15 overs, need 32 runs from 30 ballsNtozakhe has a horrible over. Krishnamurthy slams her for two boundaries and then a six, before taking a double. No runs off the last two balls, but India still richer by 16 runs

6:42 pm: India Women 98/2 after 10 overs, need 67 runs off 60 ballsvan Niekerk returns for the 10th over. Rodrigues slams her for a four off the first ball and a single off the second, giving strike to Raj. The two get eight runs off the over

6:35 pm: India Women 81/2 after 8 oversvan Niekerk comes in to bowl the eighth over. She restricts India to just five runs.

6:33 pm: India Women 76/2 after 7 oversDaniels returns to bowl the seventh over. The first one is a wide, nets India one run. Rodrigues hits the next ball for a boundary! The fourth ball gives Indian fans a scare as it seems the team had lost a wicket but no, the fielder doesn't appeal. Apparently, the ball had bounced. Inida get 10 runs off the over.

6:29 pm: India Women 64/2 after 6 oversAyabonga Khaka bowls the sixth over. Raj takes a single off the first ball and gives strike to Rodrigues. Jemimah hits three boundaries, India is richer by 17 runs.

6:24 pm: India Women 47/2 after 5 oversWith India needing 120 runs off 16 overs, Captain van Niekerk brings back Daniels to slow down India's run rate. And she does more than that. She gets Mandhana dismissed off the fourth ball and then Kaur is run out in the fifth ball. Jemimah Rodrigues comes in to bat, gets no run off the first ball. This is Rodrigues' first international match for the women's cricket team and is now in the unenviable position of havinig to steady the innings with Raj.

Jemimah Rodrigues joins Mithali Raj at the crease for her first international match

OUT! Harmanpreet Kaur run out

OUT! Smriti Mandhana c van Niekerk b Daniels

6:17 pm: India Women 45/0 after 4 oversIsmail returns for the fourth over. Raj and Mandhana got good momentum in the first two overs, but were unable to convert the third over to many runs. They managed to get some momentum back in this over with Mandhana slamming a boundary off the second ball of the over and a six off the fourth ball. A single off the fifth ball and Raj gets the strike. She slams the last ball for six. That's 17 runs off this over.

6:12 pm: India Women 28/0 after 3 oversMoseline Daniels bowls the third over. The left-arm medium bowler makes it tough for Raj and Mandhana to score many runs. In fact, the Indian players are able to add just one run to the scoreboard, apart from the wide.

6:08 pm: India Women 26/0 after 2 oversRight arm fast medium bowler Shabnim Ismail comes in to bowl the second over, restricts India to just six runs, including a four by Raj off the first ball of the over.

6:04 pm: India Women 20/0 after 1 overMithali Raj and Smriti Mandhana open the innings for India. Marizanne Kapp bowls the first over, and is smashed by the Indian openers. Raj hits her for a four off the very first ball. The second is a leg bye but India gets one run, and Mandhana gets the strike. She hits a four, and then a six off the next two balls. Fifth is a dot ball but the sixth is a wide, netting India yet another run. And an extra ball which Mandhana slams for a boundary again. That's 20 runs off the first over for India.

5:50 pm: South Africa Women 164/4 after 20 oversPandey comes in for the last over of the innings. de Klerk takes a single, gives the strike to Tryon, who smashes a six off the second ball, and a four off the third ball. The fourth ball is a dot ball, but the fifth is a six yet again. Pandey bowls a slow ball in the last ball, but Tryon hits that for a six too. Tryon scores an impressive 32 runs off just seven balls.

South Africa Women set India Women target of 165

5:45 pm: South Africa Women 141/4 after 19 oversAnuja Patil takes du Preez' wicket but also gives away 12 runs with Chloe Tryon smashing her for a boundary off the fifth ball and a six off the last one.

5:40 pm: South Africa Women 129/3 after 18 oversShikha Pandey returns for the 18th over. The right-arm medium bowler restricts du Preez and de Klerk to just three runs off the over. But the two batswomen are going strong, having formed a partnership of 45 runs in 6.5 overs. The team's run rate is now at 7.17.

5:36 pm: South Africa Women 126/3 after 17 oversHarmanpreet Kaur returns for the 17th over but even she is unable to stop the onslaught of the Proteas Women. du Preez finds the gap yet again and scores a boundary off the second ball. SA end the over 9 runs richer.

5:33 pm: South Africa Women 117/3 after 16 oversThe 16th over goes to Poonam Yadav. Nadine de Klerk hits her for a six off the third ball of the over. That, coupled with three singles and a boundary off the last ball, means SA get 13 runs off the over.

5:24 pm: South Africa Women 95/3 after 13 oversThe 13th over doesn't begin well for India as India drops the catch of du Preez. The over continues to be a bad one for Radha Yadav as SA score two boundaries off the fourth and fifth balls. Totally, they score nine runs.

5:20 pm: South Africa Women 86/3 after 12 oversAnuja Patil gets one wicket and restricts SA to just 2 runs. Brilliant over for India. Nadine de Klerk joins du Preez at the crease.

OUT!! van Niekerk (38 off 31 balls) lbw b Anuja Patil

5:16 pm: South Africa Women 83/4 after 11 oversYadav bowls a brilliant over, gives away just one run off the last ball.

5:14 pm: South Africa Women 83/2 after 10 overs

5:11 pm: South Africa Women 76/2 after 9 oversvan Niekerk and Mignon du Preez are at the crease. They score a good 14 runs off Poonam Yadav, including three boundaries.

5:08 pm: South Africa Women 62/2 after 8 overs

OUT!! Sune Luus (18) c Pandey b Vastrakar

5:01 pm: South Africa Women 48/1 after 7 oversYadav bowls the seventh over, but a mistake in the fielding structure gives SA Women a free hit. van Niekerk slams her for a six off the fourth ball of the over. Sune Luus is at the crease with the captain.

3:54 pm: Did you know?A 17-year-old Jemimah Rodrigues was selected to the team on the basis of her achievements in domestic ricket - she is only the second Indian woman – and the youngest ever – to ever score a double century in a U19 One-Day competition. The prolific youngster amassed 1013 runs in the inter-state U19 tournament and took 19 wickets as well.Read more here

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